MOTION DETECTION APPARATUS, MOTION DETECTION METHOD, AND MOTION DETECTION PROGRAM

摘要

A motion estimation device executes motion estimation for a macroblock in a current picture, using pixel data of a reference picture in a multi-frame memory (504), including the following elements. A local memory (702) holds a part of the pixel data. The part is in a first range from which motion is estimated in first motion estimation, and read out from the multi-frame memory (504). A common motion estimation unit (704) executes the first motion estimation using pixel data in the part held in the local memory (702). A direct motion estimation unit (108) executes the second motion estimation using pixel data in the pixel data of the reference picture by an algorithm different from that of the first motion estimation. The pixel data used by the direct motion estimation unit (108) is included in a second range which includes the first range and is larger than the first range.